“I never want to meet someone so lifeless again”. This according to Financial Times was what Donald Trump, President of the United States said to an aid after President Buhari’s much touted visit to the United States Months back.

This revelation is coming on the heels of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta’s scheduled visit to the White House. According to the report, Trumps aids pushing for closer ties with Africa say they hope “his encounter with the younger, more urbane Mr Kenyatta, 56, will breathe fresh life into a relationship with a region that Washington is seen to have neglected.”